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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Grossman with the walkie-talkie or something in his back pocket
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    Even this guy is an ex-Twin lol: Signed in spring 2019, pitched in a game for Rochester.
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    @chpettit19thank you for your reply. It's not a matter of feeling vindicated. It's a discussion about the Twins, the state of their pitching, and how this organization needs to do vastly better in a hurry if it wants to remain relevant the next couple seasons. I think even the front office would tell you that.
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    I do think it's easier to just assume complaints are all hindsight, than to go back and look or admit that a lot of people here have been concerned with the pitching for a long time, even back in 2019. Here's one comment from Aug 1, 2019. I won't name the poster, he knows who he is (you'll probably find him sitting back in the corner with his arms folded and a scowl on his face) I give the Twins a "C" grade for this deadline. A passing score, but ain't gonna get them on the Honor Roll, nor help with that academic scholarship. The bullpen was a glaring need from day one, there's really no way to argue otherwise, and it was pretty easy to see it wasn't going to last the season. (link) And of course pitching let them down in the Yankees series.
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    I said nobody saw Ynoa's success coming, but for that price, obviously someone would have. Apologies to whoever out there was a Ynoa advocate! All I remember from that conversation on this board was how good it was to flip Garcia after one start the way we did. I stand corrected.
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    How about trades not made? It would also be interesting to see what the conversation around trading Sano was in 2018. And I like Sano. He has given us some value and some moments, but if the ultimate goal is reaching the World Series, how much worse for wear would the Twins have been without him, three years on.
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    Romo gave us some good value and good innings. But this is what makes Huascar Ynoa such a great example, even though it’s still a bit early in the guy’s career. Various people have talked at various times about guys like Nick Anderson, Jake Reed, John Curtiss, and others, guys in the high minors, but with Ynoa, no one saw it coming. No one in Minnesota, anyway.
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    ha ha ok You realize Rodney Dangerfield went to a child psychologist for 4 years, right? And the kid didn’t help him a single bit, right?
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    And to think, MLB contracts are guaranteed!!!
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    No rain in that man’s eyes...
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    What kind of extension does Coulombe demand from the front office!
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    aaaaaaaand the bad Simmons again
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    ok that was the good Simmons
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    The hits column is usually higher than the runs column (Chicago), and the error column will ideally be less than the hits and runs column (the Twins). does that help? lol
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    Pulled that one out of ‘thin air’... (had to Google)
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    Not to be confused with Mrs. June Kepler, only marginally better
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    At least Sano had the presence of mind to go cover home plate after he kicked his.
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    This time let me just quote your last sentence. In the last few years the Twins have been doing basically what you, in hindsight, have been advocating, and here they sit, at the bottom of the standings. The Twins hitting evaluation seems good; however, the Twins have been losing MLB-caliber pitching in all ways imaginable: free agency, trade, Rule 5, and not acquiring the talent to make up for it. Thad Levine mentioned that the Twins will be giving the scouting point-of-view a bigger role in the decision-making process. That's a good sign to me. It turns out that Falvey and Levine weren't the pitching equivalent of Theo Epstein and Billy Beane after all. No shame in that. Will I acknowledge your argument about what the Rays would do? I mean, it's irrelevant. Two different teams, cities, owners, histories. The Twins front office is not the Rays front office. If they were, we probably wouldn't be in this situation!
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    Most of your post is a mischaracterization of my position or off-topic, so I will just quote your opening sentence, and I will reiterate that I think the Twins can compete in 2022. If you hope I am wrong, so be it.
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    The starting pitching is going to come from, first, 1) a trade, and then 2) a free agent signing. They need two additional starters on par with Berrios and Maeda, or better to be competitive in 2022. It can happen. On July 31st this year? Not sure. 1. The pitcher to trade for? I don’t know. They do need to get it right. So maybe make two trades, deadline or offseason. The front office assures us that competitiveness is sustainable, meaning that good position players are always coming up and fighting for playing time. That does seem to be working. To me, it really shouldn’t matter who they trade away, Kepler would be a candidate, even Kirilloff or Larnach (but not Buxton or Berrios, and I would not trade Lewis either). All in all, the front office has done a good job filling the lineup, in my opinion. 2. The free agent? Again, I don’t know. It sure looks like the Twins passed on the better options in free agency in recent years that would be making a difference now (Darvish, Wheeler). Keep in mind, with one year deals, you get what you pay for. Relievers are important too, but I’d start with the starters. Maybe Duran can start as a bullpen guy. I am optimistic this can be turned around in time for 2022!
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    He could be part of a trade package this month for MLB-ready starting pitching?
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    Good comment. The radio guys have been asking all year why our catchers plant themselves into the ground and then have trouble moving to block pitches. The breaking pitch in the dirt is a tool in the toolbox a pitcher must have, especially today with the more effective uppercut swings at the low pitches. we see. The radio guys were also pretty much describing how angry Taylor Rogers was while trying to pitch the 8th last night, with all the shakeoffs and then the last wild pitch which was not blocked. I am going to have to take the side of Taylor Rogers on this one.
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    Could be Rogers, could be Berrios, could be one of the younger guys, or could be someone who hasn’t been called up yet
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    You are not wrong, the timing couldn’t have been worse for Maeda, but his spin rates from 2020 and 2021 look basically the same to me. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/kenta-maeda-628317?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb (The spin rates are down ever-so-slightly this year, but they were also down in 2020 compared to 2019, and until someone can show me the statistical significance I will assume they are unchanged.)
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    Can anyone definitely attribute Maeda’s struggles this year to illegal substances, or lack thereof? How do Maeda’s spin rates compare year-over-year? Does a fastball high in the strike zone with its slightly earlier release point have more spin than, a fastball low in the zone? For example, Odorizzi worked high in the zone effectively. Can we compare his spin rates high in the zone versus low in the zone? What are Michael Pineda’s spin rates and velocity? What are Josh Hader’s? When does spin rate help, and when does it not? I appreciate @jorgenswest for his/her spirit of question-asking.
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